Window construction.



C. E. SOMERS.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.26,19&4.

1,138,326. Patented May 4, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed March 12, 1913, Serial No. 753,823. Divided and this application filed January 26,1914. SerialNo.8l4,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON E. SoMnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window construction and especially to that class of windows having one or more sashes which are provided with disappearing screens.

An object of this invention is to provide a window with means for adequately eX- cluding rain, snow, wind, dust, or the like, from entering the room provided with said window when said window is closed.

For receiving the disappearing screen a chamber is usually formed below the window, said chamber having an inlet communication through the sill of the window. The inner wall of this chamber is generally made of plaster and constitutes the interior wall of the house or room. It is obvious that water trapped in this chamber would play havoc by spoiling and staining the appearance of said plastered wall.

' To this end it is an object of this invention to provide means whereby such destroying elements will be positively prevented from entering the chamber for the disappearing screen.

The subject-matter of the present appli cation is in substance a division of my apalication filed March 12, 1913, Serial No. 53,823.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the subjoined detail description of one specific embodiment thereof.

- The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a broken fragmental cross sec tion of a window embracing this invention viewed from line m Figs. 2 and 3. .Fig. 2 is a broken fragmental elevation from the right of Fig. 1, parts'being shown in section and broken away for clearness of illustration. Fig. 3 isa broken enlarged horizontal section through the window on line 00 Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a fragmental enlarged cross section through a fragment of a window further illustrating parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a fragmental sectional; detail of the disappearing screen.

In the embodiment shown the window in cludes the usual sill 1 and pulley stiles 2.

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The parting beads 3 pass up along the window and are set in pulley stiles 2, while the mold stops 4 and blind stops 5 are attached to the window casing in theusual Between the parting beads 3 and the blind stops 5 runs the usual upper sash 6 having stiles 7, a lock rail 8 and window pane 9.

Between the parting beads 3 and the mold stops 4 runs the usual bottom sash 1O having stiles 11, upper rail 12 and bottom rail 13.

Through the sill 1 is cut a sill passage 14:

leading to a screen chamber 15 below said sill.' A screen 16 is adapted to occupy a concealed position in the chamber 15 as shown in Fig. 1, and is also adapted to slide & up through the sill passage 14 and to follow bottom sash 10' in its. upward course so as to bridge across the window opening created by raising said bottom sash.

The means now to be described for excluding rain, snow, wind, dust and the like from entering the room when said window is closed and from entering the screen chamber 15 forms the main part of this invention.

These means broadly include three features which may be used separately to advantage, but which cooperate jointly to exclude rain and snow from the screen chamber 15 which are preferably used in combination. These features comprise, first, a novel metal weather strip for the sills; second, a parting bead cover attached to the stiles of the sash; and third, a novel screen frame which may be constructed so thin as to coperate efficiently with the bottom rail for the purpose hereinafter described, and which still leaves free a suflicient width of the bottom rail which usually is narrow, so that the latter may properly cooperate with said weather strip guard on the sill.

The shape of the metal strip member is best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4:, and is seen to'be located outside of the sill passage HQ possible to secure a very thin but durable structure which may be adapted to operate within the exceedingly restricted space limi-,

tations encountered. The strip comprises a metal contrivance 17 extending completely across the sill from one pulley stile to the other and grooved into said sill as at 18,

while nailsor brads 1.9 secure it in position Near its upper edge the strip is also pro- L vided with an outwardly extending iiange 20 formed, for instance, by rolling the metal over, as shown in T710 l, and by th1s proan a vision the force of rain, dust, wind and the i like, is broken and reflected back and along 20 may rest against the outer groove portion 22, and if the rain or dust drive along the sill beneath portion'23 of the bottom rail, said rain or dust will be arrested by said weather strip, and reflected outward by said flange so as to prevent the rain or dust from entering the sill passage 14: and chamber 15.

The parting bead cover aforesaid is best shown in Fig. 3 and comprises a metal cover member 2a attached to said sash and adapted to lap over the parting head. In order that said cover may be cheaply manufactured and may be efficient in its operation it is preferably formed as shown by a piece of metal bent substantially into a right angle, one leg of which is grooved and nailed into the sash stiles as at 25 and 26, Fig. 3, while the other leg of said cover will pass over and into a rabbet 0r grooved. portion 27 of the parting bead.

As clearly shown the cover members 2a extend transversely across the parting beads 3 and are provided with outwardly turned ends overlapping the outer faces of said beads so as to make tight joints between. the parting beads and sash; and this construction is of advantage because the usual practice in hanging a sash is to allow a clearance of an eighth of an inch more or less between the sash and pulley stiles so that the sash will not stick and bind. By this provision the rain and dust are effectively prevented from driving through the crack between the parting bead and the s'ash'stiles, and are consequently prevented from draining down into the sill passage 14 and chamber 15.

The screen aforesaid contains certain features of novelty, each adapted particularly for combination with the bottom rail 13 and weather strip 17. For purposes of convenience and appearance, it is desirable that inner periphery 29 forming a hook.

said screen lie directly beneath said bottom rail 13 of the lower sash, and to make this best shown in Fig. 4-, and one of its faces or" sides is seen to comprise a metal rein forcing border 28 and having a concaved The wire screen proper 30 extends across said frame and the border of said screen is bound and stretched securely into the concave frame portion 29 by means of wood lining fillets 31. having convex Iecges 32 fitting said concaved portions 29. These lining fillets constitute the other face or side of the framean d extend completely around the same. Before their insertion-into the metal reinforcing border 2Sthe edges of the latter.

stand out straight as indicated by dotted lines 33, Fig. 5. The four wood fillets 31, one for each side of the rectangular frame, are compressed or pegged into the position shown whereby the screen border securely and neatly binds and contacts around the convex edges 32, Fig. 5. The ends of the four fillets 31 are each cut on a miter as shown at 35, 2, so that they may'register with each other when driven into position; and after being positioned the upstanding edges 33 are turned over, asshown by the full lines 34, Fig. 1," whereby the parts aforesaid are locked together so as to form a very thin but substantial frame for the "screen.

It will be noticed from this construction that one face of the screen, which may be used for the outside, is totally metallic in its nature, and that the requisite strength and rigidity are supplied by this portion; while the other face of the screen, which may be used for the inside, presents the appearance of timber and thereby makes it possible to produce the appearance of a complete hard wood window equipment throughout. This feature is important where emphasis is laid on the hard wood and ornamental finish of a room, office, and the like.

In choosing the material for the outer reinforcing border of the screen, a cheap, non-corrosive metal, such as zinc or galvanized iron, for instance, is preferable. It is also preferable sometimes that the foursides of said metallic border be formed of four separate strips having edges cut on a miter and bound to each other bythe dovetail or mitered lock-joint as indicated at 36, Fig. 2. In this event, the abutting mitered edges along with the lock-joint are securely soldered, so that the whole border constitutes a rigid reinforcing agent.

In using a thin screen frame such as the foregoing, it becomes possible to set same directly below the bottom rail 13 and to leave a suflicient portion of said bottom rail free for proper cooperation with metal strip 17. This relation is shown in Figs. 1 and 4, where the upper edge of bottom screen 16 is set up into a recess 37 which may be considered as a portion of groove 21 in the' bottom rail 13 of the lower sash.

Provision is made for automatically but detachably connecting the bottom sash and the screen together when the former is lowered down onto the latter. Into the bottom rail 13 is formed a vertical aperture 38 and near the upper portion of same is resiliently mounted a spring-latched member 39, the lower end 40 of which projects out beyond said aperture, said lower end including a latch lip 41 and a finger-piece 42. The upper lining fillet 31 of the screen is formed with a latch groove or socket 43, which is alined with latched lip 41 and which is engaged by same when the bottom sash is lowered onto the bottom screen.

By this provision the lower sash and screen are normally connected to each other, so that the screen will ordinarily rise up through the sill passage 14 and along the vertical grooves 44 in the stiles 2 and follow the bottom sash 10, so as to close and bridge across a window opening created when the bottom sash is raised. If it is desirable, however, to detach the bottom sash from the screen, finger piece 42 is used to withdraw latch lip 41 from the latch socket 43 after which the sash may be raised independently of the screen.

By this construction for connecting the bottom sash and bottom screen together, the resiliency of the latch member 39 will always cause it to positively move into the path of the socket 43 so that the latch member and socket will not fail to engage one another when they are brought into juxta position.

It is obvious that the details of construction of this modification may be changed without departing from the spirit of this invention.

I claim 1. In a window, the combination of a parting head, a sash mounted to move up and down along the inner face of said parting bead, and a metal cover on the sash extending over the parting bead to slide on the outer face of the parting head when the sash moves up and down.

2. In a window, the combination of a parting bead, a sash mounted to move up and down on the inner face of said parting bead, and a metal cover on the sash bent to conform to the shape of the parting bead and positioned to extend over the parting bead so as to slide on the outer face of said parting bead when the sash moves up and down. v

3. In a window, the combination of a rabbeted parting head, a sash, and a metal weather parting bead cover attached to the sash stile and adapted to lap over said parting bead into said rabbeted portion thereof.

4. A window construction comprising a parting bead, a sash slidable along said parting bead, and metal cover members on the sash extending transversely across the parting bead and provided with an outwardly turned end overlapping the outside face of said bead.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 19th day of January, 1914.

CLINTON E. SOMERS.

In presence of- JAMES R. TOWNSEND, 1 GUSTAV DREWS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

